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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Global Launching of Windows 8, and Surface Tablet

Live BloggingOctober 25, 2012, 10:54 AMNew York City, USA.
Microsoft will officially launch Windows 8 in New York today, with an event starting at 11:15 a.m. eastern time.

Microsoft has redesigned the Windows operating system to be tablet-friendly, after being caught flat-footed when Apple AAPL +0.36% launched the iPad and completely took over the market. It’s also launching its own tablet, the Surface, to compete with the iPad.

It’ll be trying to capture the same magic Apple has when it launches its own products. We’ll see today if that ends up being true.

Here’s a full recap of the event during the Live blogging thru WSJ Blogsclick here to read the full story
Mr. Sinofsky is talking about apps, and Microsoft's first ever app storefront -- now familiar from the iPhone and Android smartphones. Sinofsky doesn't talk about how many apps are in the Windows 8 storefront. Some critics are griping about lack of familiar apps for Windows 8. But Microsoft just now is starting to pitch developers on the benefits of Windows 8. The big one: Volume. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said he expects 400 million Windows 8 phones, tablets and PCs in a year.